Amateur / Ham Radio – What can you do?

Here are some things you can do in ham radio, most of which I have tried.

• Design build test / homebrew
• EME (CW SSB WSJTx)
• Satellite (FM linear WSJTx)
• Inmarsat signals
• Iridium signals
• Weather satellites (NOAA Meteor LR/HR)
• ISS (SSTV FM APRS)
• Satellite telemetry
• QO-100 (Es'hail-2)
• GreenCube (IO-117) [EoL 2024]
• 2m/70cm repeaters
• Aero
• DAB decoding
• HF (CW SSB WSJTx)
• SSTV
• Wefax
• SWL
• WSPR radio propagation experiments
• POCSAG
• ISM band at 430MHz
• Cellular signals
• TV signals
• ...and of course connect over the airwaves (QSO) with like-minded people
• It can be low cost but to do all the above expect to pay up to £20K+ over the years!
• Expect a 3 year steep learning experience to fully understand all the complexity (my favourite bit!)